A-Z series of health and immunity

The Gut ( your intestines) which is about 5M(16 Ft) long is host to 60-70% of the immune system!! ⁣
The gut is also our physical barrier to a lot of toxins and harmful products. 

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Continuing in our A-Z series of health and immunity -⁣ The Gut ( your intestines) which is about 5M(16 Ft) long is host to 60-70% of the immune system!! ⁣ The gut is also our physical barrier to a lot of toxins and harmful products . ⁣ ⁣ Our gut is home for a very large number of microbes collectively known as the gut MICROBIOME.⁣ ⁣ They’re around 38 trillion microbes—at least as many cells as we have in our whole body. ⁣ Their collective genome, known as the gut microbiome, contains 150 times more genes than the human genome !! ⁣ ⁣ There is symbiotic relationship between our gut and these microbes and science is only just discovering the importance of the symbiotic relationship. ⁣ Eating highly inflammatory foods and processed foods kill of the good bacteria allowing the bad microbes to thrive which causes inflammation and can lead to something called “leaky gut”.⁣ ⁣ Diseases linked with poor gut health- ⁣ Diabetes ; Obesity ; irritable bowel; Eczema; Depression; Colon cancer ; Autoimmine conditions. And loads more .⁣ ⁣ Drop your comments and questions below 👇🏾 .⁣ ………..⁣ ………..⁣ ………..⁣ ………..⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #healthyfoodie #guthealthyfood #guthealthisreal⁣ #ketobreakfast #ketohybrid #nutritips⁣ #Naijahealth #Naijahealthyliving #Naijahealthymums⁣ #Naijahealthandfitness⁣ #naijahealthymeals #mindfulliving⁣ #Naijahealthstore #Healthcoachtips⁣ #Naijaketodiet. #Naijahealthcoach⁣ #Naijaketocoach ⁣ #Naijaketofood #Nigeriandoctors ⁣ #Naijastartups #Nigerianfoods⁣ #Naijaentrepreneur #ketonaija ⁣ #Microbiome #Naijafoodie ⁣ #immunityboost⁣ #immunitysupport⁣ #smoothie #4pillars ⁣ #inflammation⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣

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